Scandinavia holiday ideas
May. 24th, 2006 10:26 pmI’ve been mentioning my Norway idea for months now, so it’s about time I did something about it. At the same time
isobell has been prodding me quite severely to try and get to Lumous goth festival in Finland. Hence, a quick and nasty plan has begun to form, and now I’m splatting down a few ideas before I lose track of everything. Don’t mind me.
30 June Fly to Helsinki, Finland. Late afternoon train to Tampere. Meet
isobell and friends and do the goth thing.
1 July In Tampere with more of those dreadful goths. How will I cope?
2 July End of Lumous. Travel to Turku with
isobell.
3 July Day in Turku.
4 July Ferry to Stockholm, Sweden. Hopefully a chance to see
livredor.
5 July Day in Stockholm. Train north to Kiruna.
6 July Train north to Narvik, Norway.
7 July Bus north to Tromsø.
7-9 July Hire a car and drive around the north. Maybe reach Nordkapp! Exciting!
9/10 July Fly to Oslo.
10 July Day in Oslo. Hopefully meet
wunderbaum.
10/11 July Fly back to London.
Yes, it’s absurd. But that’s the point! Although any advice would be most welcome, as I don’t want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere!
And a few useful websites before I lose them:
Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
Scandinavian airlines http://www.scandinavian.net/
Blue1 airlines http://www.blue1.com/
Viking line http://www.vikingline.fi/index.asp?lang=en
Finnish trains http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/
Swedish trains http://www.sj.se/
Norwegian buses http://www.nbe.no/nbeweb/index.jsp?lang=en
I’ll just let that simmer for a while in my head before I start throwing money at booking all that lot. It’s not going to be cheap, some of that. But it’s going to be fun. Anyone crazy enough to join me? No, I thought not.
30 June Fly to Helsinki, Finland. Late afternoon train to Tampere. Meet
1 July In Tampere with more of those dreadful goths. How will I cope?
2 July End of Lumous. Travel to Turku with
3 July Day in Turku.
4 July Ferry to Stockholm, Sweden. Hopefully a chance to see
5 July Day in Stockholm. Train north to Kiruna.
6 July Train north to Narvik, Norway.
7 July Bus north to Tromsø.
7-9 July Hire a car and drive around the north. Maybe reach Nordkapp! Exciting!
9/10 July Fly to Oslo.
10 July Day in Oslo. Hopefully meet
10/11 July Fly back to London.
Yes, it’s absurd. But that’s the point! Although any advice would be most welcome, as I don’t want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere!
And a few useful websites before I lose them:
Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
Scandinavian airlines http://www.scandinavian.net/
Blue1 airlines http://www.blue1.com/
Viking line http://www.vikingline.fi/index.asp?lang=en
Finnish trains http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/
Swedish trains http://www.sj.se/
Norwegian buses http://www.nbe.no/nbeweb/index.jsp?lang=en
I’ll just let that simmer for a while in my head before I start throwing money at booking all that lot. It’s not going to be cheap, some of that. But it’s going to be fun. Anyone crazy enough to join me? No, I thought not.